pulling through

present participle of pull through

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for pulling through
Verb
  • The squad were close to previous manager Nuno Espirito Santo and have been coming to terms with his departure.
    Paul Taylor, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • None of this means the era of massive, trillion-parameter models is coming to an end.
    Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Urban asked the concertgoer, holding out a microphone, as shown in a video shared by media agency Nashville XP.
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Oct. 2025
  • While the Ravens' 2025 season is looking bleak through the first six weeks, Harbaugh is still holding out hope that his team can make a late-season push into the playoffs.
    Matt Audilet, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Mighty Bay has tears in his eyes from laughing so hard at the funky drum machine beats of Keith LeBlanc’s Major Malfunction, coming around to it by the final track.
    Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The group runs through rapid-fire questions about what stood out and what is coming around the corner after four concentrated days on the Croisette talking business and international distribution.
    Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The look is described as a quiff with little to no hair sticking out from the sides.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The stairs in front of the house extend downward, giving the illusion of a tongue sticking out of the mouth.
    Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Record levels of burnout — a seven-year high, with 61% of employees reporting at least moderate burnout — suggest many are simply holding on.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Tad Smith, the former CEO of Sotheby’s and now partner at 50T Funds, a growth equity firm focused on digital assets, said many wealthy crypto investors are holding on to their bitcoin and other tokens expecting a further run-up in price.
    Robert Frank, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
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“Pulling through.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pulling%20through. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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